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Subject: Re: Stop writing Python 4 incompatible code
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On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 12:02:59 +1100, Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info>
declaimed the following:

>On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 11:40 am, Bernardo Sulzbach wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 10:10 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info>
>> wrote:
>>>  (...) 4.0 (assuming there is one)
>> 
>> Isn't it just a matter of time? Do you think it is even possible not
>> to have Python 4 eventually?
>
>3.9 is probably five or six years away. Perhaps more. A lot can happen in
>five years. Just ask Syria.
>
>Maybe Guido will change his mind and we'll have 3.10. 3.11, 3.12, ...
>
	3.14.15926...
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